Culture Miura Kaigan Fireworks Festival 2025 Hannah Warren The fireworks were spectacular at the annual Miura Kaigan festival.
Culture Uchiko's Sasa Matsuri 2025 Ingrid Lezar Uchiko's main street is decked out with colorful paper and bamboo decorations for three days. Teams dress in yukata or other ...
Culture Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri 2025 Mandy Bartok Hirosaki's Neputa Matsuri offers an impressive display of drums and floats to light up the summer evenings during the first w...
Culture Hanagasa Matsuri 2025 Hannah Warren Hanagasa Matsuri is a dance festival which originiated in Obanazawa but is now celebrated across Yamagata every summer.
Culture Yamaguchi Tanabata Lantern Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Yamaguchi Tanabata Lantern festival is a traditional summer event with an impressive history spanning approximately 600 y...
Culture Aomori Nebuta Festival 2025 Jessica Lin Nebuta festival is the biggest Tanabata festival that makes up the three great festivals of Tohoku Region.
Food Yairo Watermelon Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Wild about watermelon? The Yairo Watermelon Festival in Niigata offers all you can eat watermelon for the bargain price of 50...
Culture Goshogawara's Tachineputa Matsuri 2025 Justin Velgus Aomori's most famous festival may be the Nebuta festival in Aomori City, but Goshogawara also offers its own plus sized versi...
Culture Sendai Tanabata 2025 Ritsuko Maro Sendai Tanabata Festival held August 6th-8th always delights visitors. The largest Tanabata event in Japan continues to grow ...
